Portable grain-elevator.



H. W. STEEGE.

PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVA TOR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE4, 1913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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Witnesses Inventor Attorneys.,,

H. W. STEEGE.

PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED :uma 4.1913.

Patented Apr.13, 1915.

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Attorneys H. W. S TEEGE.

PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR. v

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4. 1913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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Witnesses ttorneys,

HENRY :STEEGE, OF "WESTGATIE, IQWA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. l3, lbw.

Application filed June 4, 1913. Serial No. 771,727.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. STEEGE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Vestgate, in the county of Fayette andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Portable Grain-Elevator,of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in portable grainelevators, the primary object of the present invention being theprovision of a novel form of elevator mechanism swinginglyconnected tothe vehicle portion of the apparatus and disposed to be placed in suchposition so as to receive the grain as the same is delivered from theinclined wagon body.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the com- ).ination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de-.

scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the lnvention herein disclosed can be made with in thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings-Figure l. is a side elevation of the complete apparatustaken from the elevator hopper side thereof. Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the grain elevating mechanismand the rear portion of the vehicle body. Fig. 4 illustrates a modifiedconstruction of stack control.

eferring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the vehicle runninggear which has disposed thereupon the prime mover l, which is preferablyan explosive or internal combustion engine, the same having connectedthereto the main drive belt 3, which is extended rearwardly of thevehicle and is connected through the pulley 3 to the transverselydisposed shaft l, said shaft 4: being journaled in brackets upon therear face of the short and long vertical standards 5 and 5 respectively,the standard 5' being shorter than the standard 5, the purpose of whichwill presently appear.

The belt 87 is driven from the shaft 4. and through the pulleyconnection operates the transverse shaft 38, which is journaled at therear portion of the main fran'ie of the apparatus, there being asprocket 3S) keyed upon the shaft 38 and which through the chain 40 andlarge sprocket 4L1 rotates the transversely disposed shaft 42. Thisshaft 42 is detachably connectedto the shaft 4:3,

the shaft 43 being slidably mounted and provided with the socket 44: forengagement with the shaft 42. The spiral conveyer hopper 45,is'swingingly hung to'the main-frame of the machine through the mediumof the post '50 and braces 46, 47, 48 and 49 so as to assume either thefull line position as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or the dotted lineposition as shown in Fig. 3 when the same is out of use.

Theshaft 43 has keyed upon its outer end the sprocket 51, whichtransmits motion through the sprocket chain to the sprocket 52, so thatthe spiral conveyer or screw 54: within-the hopper 45 will convey thematerial or grain received from the inclined wagon, such wagon being sopositioned as to dispose the end gate portion thereof above the hopper45 so that the grain may be dumped in the outer end thereof andtransported by means of the feed screw to the left as viewed in Figs. 2and 3 and into the fan or elevating casing 55, there being led from saidcasing 55 the directing stock or conduit 56 which is as usual detachablyconnected to the fan casing 55.

Connected to the main frame of the vehicle and extending rearwardlytherefrom are the two receiving hooks 57 which are disposed to engagethe underside of the hopper 45 when the same is in the dotted lineposition, Fig. 3, to maintain the same incollapsed position and out ofthe way so that the machine may be readily transported.

As shown in Fig. 4, a pivoted hoisting beam or must 60, connected at itslower end to the supporting arm 61, is provided. llts outer free endcarries the cradle 62, by means of which the stack 56 is connected forlowering and elevating, a hoisting cable 63 being provided to operatethe beam 60. The cable 6% provides a means for extending the telescopicstack 56' and thus provides a means for directing the grain to thedesired point.

It is evident that with an apparatus of the present character, the samemay be moved from place to place, thus providing a portable grainelevator of a convenient size, and one which can be readily collapsed orfolded to occupy a minimum amount of space during transportation.

What is claimed is z The combination with a portable grain elevator, ofa portable frame, a prime mover, two superposed operably connectedshafts I journaled at the rear of the frame, one of said shafts beingoperably connected to the prime mover, an elevating mechanism operablyconnected to the lower shaft, a hopper hingedly connected to the rear ofthe frame for movement to one side of, or to the rear of the frame, acradle for receiving the hopper when the same is at the rear of theframe, a shaft journaled longitudinally of the hopper for alinement withand connection to the upper shaft of the superposed shafts when thehopper 1s at one side of the frame and a screw conve or dis )oscd 1n the1 hopper and operably connected to the longitudinal shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. STEEGE.

Witnesses:

E. A. BRANDENBURG, M. A. BENDER.

